## let your servant ## Judah refers to himself as "your servant." This is a formal way of speaking to someone with greater authority. Alternate translation: "let me, your servant" or "let me." ## to my lord ## Judah refers to Joseph as "my lord." Alternate translation: "to you, my lord" or "to you." ## For how can I go up to my father if the boy is not with me? ## Judah uses a question to emphasize the grief he would have if Benjamin did not return home. Alternate translation: "I cannot return to my father if the boy is not with me." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])